2 Teens Charged With Pouring Acidic Drain Cleaner on Playground That Burned Boy
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Two teenagers were charged with breaking into a school and pouring an acidic drain cleaner on playground equipment that later burned a 2-year-old boy on a slide, Baltimore County police said Tuesday.
The two 16-year-old boys were charged Monday night with reckless endangerment and second-degree burglary and released to their parents, officials said.
A school resource officer learned about the first juvenile, which police said led them to the second, who was arrested later. Their names were not released.
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The industrial strength drain cleaner, which has a high concentration of sulfuric acid, was removed from a storage facility at Victory Villa Elementary School and splashed over the school's playground equipment, police said.
The 2-year-old, Peyton Potochney, suffered second- and third-degree burns, mostly on his legs, after he went down a slide. His mother, Carol Duschl, has said the little boy likely will be hospitalized for several weeks.